The ceremony awarded the Camellia Prize and Commemoration Prize to outstanding foreign experts in Ningbo. The Vice Mayor congratulated the winners and thanked foreign experts for their contributions to Ningbo's development, such as advancing technology and skills. He highlighted Ningbo's economic growth in 2010 and welcomed more international cooperation to support its continued modernization and opening up.

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Ningbo Hosts Camellia Prize 2011
Award Ceremony By Elaine Chan
Camellia Prize 2011 Award Ceremony 2011 年茶花奖颁奖典礼
H
osted by the Ningbo Municipal billion, up 36.3% from the previous year. We sincerely welcome more foreign experts
Government, the award ceremony for The port cargo throughput was 410 million to Ningbo. We want to work together with you
Camellia Prize 2011 was held on 14th tons and container throughput was 13 million to create a better tomorrow. Finally, I would
July 2011 at the Sheraton Ningbo Hotel. TEU. like to wish all foreign experts a happy life in
Ningbo, and a successful career ahead.’
Eight foreign experts won the Camellia Prize ‘These achievements have a lot to do with
and 12 foreign experts won the Camellia the hard work and support from the foreign Also present at the ceremony to award
Commemoration Prize. experts in Ningbo. The foreign experts who prizes to the Camellia Commemoration
have won this award work very hard in the Prize winners were officials from the Ningbo
Ningbo’s Vice Mayor, Mr Wang Renzhou fields of enterprise production, education Foreign Affairs Office, Ningbo Foreign Trade
delivered a speech at the ceremony and and scientific research. They have brought & Economic Cooperation Bureau, Ningbo
awarded the prizes to the Camellia Prize with them advanced science and technology Human Resources and Social Security
winners. In the Vice Mayor’s speech, he management, skills and knowledge, Bureau, Ningbo Education Bureau and
said, ‘We are very happy to be here at the and have played a big part in Ningbo’s Ningbo Public Security Bureau.
Camellia Prize 2011 Award Ceremony. On modernisation construction. They are the
behalf of the Ningbo government, I would like connection between Ningbo and the world. Camellia is the city flower of Ningbo. The
to take this opportunity to congratulate all our With this, I would like to say a big thank you Camellia Prize, founded by the Ningbo
foreign expert winners and to express our to everyone and I wish you better and greater Municipal People's Government in 1996,
deep respect and convey my well wishes to achievements in the future. is awarded to outstanding foreign experts
all the foreign experts in Ningbo.’ working in Ningbo, in appreciation for
‘This year is the first year of the 12th Five- their contributions to Ningbo's social and
‘Ningbo is an international port city. In 2010, year Plan, and also a key year for us to economic development, construction and
our city achieved a GDP of RMB 512.6 continue opening up to the outside world and friendly cooperation.
billion, up 12.4% from the previous year, and speed up our development process. Future
the GDP per capita was over USD 10,000, development of Ningbo requires science, Over the past 15 years, a total of 98 foreign
import and export volume was USD 82.9 technology, innovation and talented people. experts have been awarded the Camellia
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Camellia Prize 2011 Winners:
Mr Helge Hareland (Norway), CFO of
NIP Co. Ltd.
Mr Enrico Bonci (Italy), Assistant
General Manager of Ningbo Consinee
Woolen Textile Co. Ltd. Mr Motoyoshi
Trira (Japan), Technical Manager of
Ningbo Veken Screens Co. Ltd.
Mr Alan Anthony Garner (Britain),
General Manager of North America
Corporate, Ningbo Sheng Long Group
Co. Ltd.
Professor Earl Gordon Hotrum (Canada),
Teacher at Ningbo University
Mr Mamoru Adachi (Japan), General
Manager of Takedalace China Co. Ltd.
M r Z h u Ye J u n j i e ( S p a i n ) , B o a r d
Chairman of Industrias Tecno Catalunya
(Ningbo) Co. Ltd.
Mr. Takahashi Masaaki (Japan), Teacher
at Ningbo Foreign Affairs School
Camellia Commemoration
Prize 2011 Winners:
Mr Eiju Zembayashi (Japan), General
Manager of Ningbo Mitsubishi Chemical
Co. Ltd.
Mr. Roger Chen (Canada), General
Manager of Ningbo Jiada Specialty
Metals Ltd.
Mr Christopher Dennis Quinsee
(Australia), Teacher at Zhejiang Business
Technology Institute
Mr Ken Chen (USA), General Manager
of Olymtech (Ningbo) Co. Ltd.
Mr Israel Holby (USA), Assistant General
Manager of Ningbo Cinemount Design
Vice Mayor Mr Wang Renzhou and Vice Mayor Mr Wang Renzhou and and Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Mr Helge Hareland Mr Zhu Ye Junjie
副市长王仁洲与海格 . 贺兰诺先生 副市长王仁洲与朱叶俊杰先生 Mr Sean Robert Ayton (Ireland), Teacher
at Zhejiang Wanli University
Mr Oguzhan Oktan, Senior Manager of
Prize and 211 have been awarded the ‘While all focus has been on foreign males, Cimtas (Ningbo) Steel Processing Co.
Camellia Commemoration Prize. most people tend to forget that behind Ltd.
every foreign male expert, there is a well Mr Kim So-Bok, Quality Engineer and
Addressing the audience of representatives educated, knowledgeable and professionally- Technical Consultant to Ningbo Peiyuan
of the Ningbo Municipal Government, experienced wife or partner. It is my hope that Automobile Parts Manufacture Co. Ltd.
Camellia Prize and Camellia Commemoration we will see more and more foreign female Mr Marcus Huang, Technical Project
Prize winners, their family members and experts getting involved in the development Supervisor of Ningbo Hua Xiang
members of the press, Camellia Prize of Ningbo.’ Electronic Co. Ltd.
winner Mr Helge Hareland, CFO of NIP Co. Mr Robert James Lloyd, Overseas
Ltd, shared in his speech, ‘My personal Affairs Manager of Zhejiang Jiulong
hope for the future is two-fold. I hope that International Logistics Co. Ltd.
Ningbo enters into a phase where Chinese Mr Kuan-Lan Wang, Chief Technical
companies start hiring foreign experts, in the Officer of Softfoundry Technology
same fashion as foreign companies have (Ningbo) Co. Ltd.
hired Chinese experts. After all, if you intend Mr Michael Charles Milam, Teacher at
to grow beyond the boundaries of your own Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang
country, you need to acquire language, University
culture and networking competences.
Photographs contributed by:
Ningbo Foreign Affairs Office
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宁波市举办 2011 年茶花奖颁奖典礼
作者：陈芳宜
获得 2011 年“茶花奖”的外国专家：
宁波北欧工业园区管理有限公司
首席财务官
海格 . 贺兰诺（挪威籍）
宁波康赛妮毛绒制品有限公司副总经理
埃瑞克 . 邦齐（意大利籍）
宁波维科丝网有限公司技术部经理元吉平
（日本籍）
宁波圣龙（集团）北美公司总经理
艾伦 . 加纳（英国籍）
Vice Mayor Mr Wang Renzhou Mr Helge Hareland
副市长王仁洲先生 海格 . 贺兰诺先生 宁波大学教师厄尔 . 高登 . 赫特伦姆
（加拿大籍）
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011 年 7 月 14 日，宁波市政府在东港喜 此外，出席颁奖典礼并为茶花纪念奖获得者颁 宁波武田纺织有限公司总经理足立守
来登酒店举行了 2011 年“茶花奖”颁奖 奖的还有来自市外事办、市外经贸局、市教育 （日本籍）
典礼。 局、市人力资源和社会保障局、市公安局出入 加泰罗尼亚洁具（宁波）有限公司董事长
境管理局的相关负责人。 朱叶俊杰（西班牙籍）
8 名外国专家荣获“茶花奖”，12 名外国专家 宁波外事学校教师高桥昌明（日本籍）。
荣获“茶花纪念奖”。 茶花是宁波的市花。茶花奖是宁波市政府在
1996 年设立，为表彰对宁波经济建设和社会 获得 2011 年“茶花纪念奖”的外
副市长王仁洲在典礼上致辞并为茶花奖获奖者 发展作出突出贡献的外国专家、促进我市对外 国专家：
颁发证书。在致辞中，王副市长说道：“今天， 经济、科技、文化、教育等领域的交流和合作
我们怀着十分喜悦的心情共同参加 2011 年茶 而设立的奖项。 宁波三菱化学有限公司总经理善林永寿
花奖颁奖典礼。在此，我谨代表宁波市人民政 （日本籍）
府向获奖的各位外国专家表示热烈的祝贺！并 宁波市已举行了十六届“茶花奖”颁奖活动， 宁波加达特种金属有限公司总经理陈卫国
借此机会，向所有在甬外国专家表示崇高的敬 共向 98 位在甬工作的外国专家进行了表彰， （加拿大籍）
意，向外国专家家属表示亲切的问候！” 并授予了“茶花（荣誉）奖”。另有 211 人获 浙江工商职业技术学院教师昆斯 . 格瑞斯
茶花纪念奖。 （澳大利亚籍）
“ 宁 波 市 一 个 国 际 化 的 港 口 城 市。 过 去 的 奥林网络科技（宁波）有限公司
2010 年，我市实现 GDP 5126 亿元，同比增长 “茶花奖”得主之一的宁波北欧工业园区管理 总经理陈震洲（美国籍）
12.4%，人均 GDP 超过 1 万美元，外贸进出口 有限公司首席财务官海格 . 贺兰诺在面对市政 宁波西尼液晶支架制造有限公司副总经理
总额 829 亿美元，增长 36.3％。港口货物吞 府代表、“茶花奖”和“茶花纪念奖”得主及 瑟烈 . 赫尔比（美国籍）
吐量 4.1 亿吨，集装箱吞吐量 1300 万标箱。” 其家人以及媒体朋友们的讲话中说道：“我个 浙江万里学院教师肖恩 . 罗伯特 . 艾顿
人对未来的期待有两方面：首先，我希望中资 （爱尔兰籍）
“这些成绩的取得来之不易，与在甬外国专家 企业也能开始聘用外籍专家，就像外资企业聘 庆达西（宁波）钢构制造有限公司高级经
的辛勤工作和大力支持密不可分。获奖的外国 用中国专家一样， 理奥桑（土耳其籍）
专家长期工作在企业生产或教育科研一线，你 宁波培源汽车配件制造有限公司品质工程
们为宁波的现代化建设带来了先进的科学技 如果这些企业希望能够跨越国界发展就需要克 师及技术顾问金召福（韩国籍）
术、科学的管理方法和优秀的文化成果，是宁 服语言、文化和人际网络等方面的竞争。其次， 宁波华翔电子股份有限公司技术项目总监
波与世界各国人民友好交往的使者。在此，我 当所有的焦点都集中在这些外籍专家身上时， 黄远灏（德国籍）
向你们表示衷心的感谢！并祝愿你们在今后的 大多数人也许都会忘记在这些男性专家的背后 浙江九龙国际物流有限公司海外部经理
工作中，取得更加辉煌的业绩。” 都有一个受过良好教育、见多识广并且有丰富 罗伯特 . 雅梅斯 . 劳埃德（美国籍）
专业知识的妻子或者女友。 软铸通信科技（宁波）有限公司技术长王
“今年是“十二五”规划的起步之年，也是我 观岚（美国籍）
们不断深化对外开放、加快转变发展方式的关 我希望未来会有越来越多的外籍女性专家参与 浙江大学宁波理工学院教师迈克尔 . 米莱
键之年。宁波的发展需要科技，需要创新，更 到宁波的发展中来。” （美国籍）。
需要人才。我们真诚欢迎更多的外国专家来甬
工作、创业。我们愿与你们一起，共同创造更
加美好的明天 !” 图片来源 : 宁波市人民政府外事办公室
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